IFI recently published a copy of its initial report on the cormorant situation on its website. This is an early stage report with an extensive literature review. It should be of interest as one of the areas selected for study was the … Continued
August’s Trout and Salmon magazine has interesting article on the Slaney along with some great photographs. You can see the article here copyright Trout and Salmon.
A fishery owner on the Vartry reports that there has been a very high (almost total?) mortality level in the fish kill last. This all the more surprising due to the very high water levels. It is essential that the … Continued
There were 2 grisle landed on the Enniscorthy anglers water today 5 June including one on a killdevil spider trout fly. One of the fish, a grisle of about 3 1/2 pounds, seemed to be net marked as was a fish … Continued
The Atlantic Salmon Federation has published an interesting item on surgically implanting trackers into kelts on their way back to the sea on the Miramachi river building on the work done here with Nore and Blackwater kelts. Much closer to home a repeat offender illegal … Continued
SRT director Thomas Mernagh hightlights how the installation of a fish pass has alleviated the impact of a water extraction weir on the Boro which had completely blocked access to the several miles of spawning grounds.
The Trust was notified last week by anglers of an effluent discharge from the new Bunclody sewrage plant on 17 March. They took a number of photos showing the discharge and its spread down the river. On an earlier vist they … Continued
Anyone interested in the type of scientific work being done on our salmon stocks could do worse than having a quick look at recent IFI research carried out on the genetic make up of the salmon stocks of the three sisters estuary. The … Continued
A recent IFI successful case against a Kilkenny farmer for a silage pollution incident on a tributary of the Nore reminds us all the need to be vigilant for pollution incidents. If you see any pollution you should call IFI’s 24 … Continued
Results for the 2011 redd count carried out by IFI staff provide some encouragement with the final count of 1,182 redds being the 2nd best result in 10 years reinforcing the impression members formed on the annual trip to the … Continued